Spanish Army Air Defence Command
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The Spanish Army Air Defence Command (Spanish Mando de Artillería Antiaérea, MAAA) is a specific command of the Spanish Army
, composed of anti-air artillery units under a same command, formed, trained and equipped to contribute, into a joint or joint/combined frame, to the air space control and defense
. Those units may act either in the national territory or as a reinforcement to allied organization based on the joint and Army specific doctrine.
The MAAA is composed of a General Quarter and a set of Anti-Air Artillery units and units of combat support.
The units belongin to the MAAA are:
Spanish Army
The Spanish Army is the terrestrial army of the Spanish Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is one of the oldest active armies - dating back to the 15th century.-Introduction:...
, composed of anti-air artillery units under a same command, formed, trained and equipped to contribute, into a joint or joint/combined frame, to the air space control and defense
Anti-aircraft warfare
NATO defines air defence as "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action." They include ground and air based weapon systems, associated sensor systems, command and control arrangements and passive measures. It may be to protect naval, ground and air forces...
. Those units may act either in the national territory or as a reinforcement to allied organization based on the joint and Army specific doctrine.
The MAAA is composed of a General Quarter and a set of Anti-Air Artillery units and units of combat support.
The units belongin to the MAAA are:
- 71st Air Defence Artillery Regiment, RAAA-71 (MadridMadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
) - 72nd Air Defence Artillery Regiment, RAAA-72 (ZaragozaZaragozaZaragoza , also called Saragossa in English, is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain...
) - 73rd Air Defence Artillery Regiment, RAAA-73 (CartagenaCartagena, SpainCartagena is a Spanish city and a major naval station located in the Region of Murcia, by the Mediterranean coast, south-eastern Spain. As of January 2011, it has a population of 218,210 inhabitants being the Region’s second largest municipality and the country’s 6th non-Province capital...
, MurciaMurcia-History:It is widely believed that Murcia's name is derived from the Latin words of Myrtea or Murtea, meaning land of Myrtle , although it may also be a derivation of the word Murtia, which would mean Murtius Village...
) - 74th Air Defence Artillery Regiment, RAAA-74 (San RoqueSan RoqueSan Roque may refer to:Places* San Roque, Antioquia, a place in Colombia* San Roque, Cádiz, a place in Spain* San Roque, California, a residential neighborhood in Santa Barbara, California in the United States...
, CadizCádiz (province)Cádiz is a province of southern Spain, in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia, the southernmost part of continental Western Europe....
) - 81st Air Defence Artillery Regiment, RAAA-81 (MarinesMarines, ValenciaMarines is a municipality in the comarca of Camp de Túria in the Valencian Community, Spain....
, ValenciaValencia (province)Valencia or València is a province of Spain, in the central part of the Valencian Community.It is bordered by the provinces of Alicante, Albacete, Cuenca, Teruel, Castellón, and the Mediterranean Sea...
) - Signal Battalion, UTMAAA (MadridMadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
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